Where does “chéłchaaʼ bideeneezígíí” come from?

chéłchaaʼ bideeneezígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo chéłchaaʼ, from Navajo tsé, from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ, from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj.

chéłchaaʼ bideeneezígíí (Navajo): Hercules beetle

Definitions

  1. Hercules beetle

Ancestry of “chéłchaaʼ bideeneezígíí”, step by step

chéłchaaʼ bideeneezígíí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Navajo chéłchaaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajochéłchaaʼstag beetle
2Navajotsérock, stone, boulder
3Proto-Athabaskan*tseˑstone
4Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit*caj—

via Navajo bideeʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajobideeʼits antler, its horn, its tusk, its antenna
2Navajoadeeʼantler, horn, tusk, antenna; ladle, dipper,...
3Proto-Athabaskan*-deʼhorn, antler
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit *caj →Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tseˑ →Every word from Navajo tsé →